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<p>[QUOTE="skyshark, post: 9766606, member: 79996"]I am in contact with a ISA certified appraiser awaiting him to start this case, more or less. I have talked to many experts and the resounding message I have heard from them (call it confirmation bias if u want) is they can't be SURE. So I am plunging deep into whatever tests can tell a fuller picture.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not know exactly what my Dad paid. As far as I am aware, he was paying his friend a salary more or less to look for items. I wish I could get access into his emails between Ahmad but I cannot... but I did find a stack of customs paperwork!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not seen a SINGLE sword out there that looks like mine. I have scoured the depths of the internet. None. Besides the golden version. Which again in my opinion, lacks the detail mine has. Now recently I found an oil painting with my swords likeness in the hand of a legend...</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I was not on here flailing about. It is nearly impossible to set up an appointment with someone who can confidently look at these items. I don't want this, if real, to disappear in a private collection 100feet underground. If real, it needs to be recorded period. Too much history has been lost and even now in the middle east history is being destroyed. If this is history, not on my watch![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="skyshark, post: 9766606, member: 79996"]I am in contact with a ISA certified appraiser awaiting him to start this case, more or less. I have talked to many experts and the resounding message I have heard from them (call it confirmation bias if u want) is they can't be SURE. So I am plunging deep into whatever tests can tell a fuller picture. I do not know exactly what my Dad paid. As far as I am aware, he was paying his friend a salary more or less to look for items. I wish I could get access into his emails between Ahmad but I cannot... but I did find a stack of customs paperwork! I have not seen a SINGLE sword out there that looks like mine. I have scoured the depths of the internet. None. Besides the golden version. Which again in my opinion, lacks the detail mine has. Now recently I found an oil painting with my swords likeness in the hand of a legend... I wish I was not on here flailing about. It is nearly impossible to set up an appointment with someone who can confidently look at these items. I don't want this, if real, to disappear in a private collection 100feet underground. If real, it needs to be recorded period. Too much history has been lost and even now in the middle east history is being destroyed. If this is history, not on my watch![/QUOTE]
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